Arts and Science
18th Japanese-German Symposium
jointly organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.
Date: April 26–27, 2013
Venue:Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Cologne, Germany
Press Release of April 26, 2013 (in German)
Foto: Arne Meindl
Event report in NvC 02/2013 (in German)
Program
Friday, April 26
13:30–13:55 Welcome remarks
Hisashi Kato, JSPS Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.
Kiyoshi Koinuma, Japanese Consulate General, Düsseldorf
Convener: Dr. Sarah Schlachetzki, Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
13:55–14:15 Introduction
14:15–14:45 Kindai Bijutsu. The Reception of Western Concepts of Art in Japan around 1900
Jeanne Egloff, Univ. of Zurich, University Research Priority Program Asia and Europe
Abstract Egloff (152 KB)
Vortrag Egloff (1,3 MB)
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14:45–15:15 Double-Rabbit and Cockroaches. Sketches from the Bestiary of Transgenetics
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rieger, Bochum University, Institute for Media Studies
Abstract Rieger (75,3 KB)
Vortrag Rieger (157 KB)
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15:15–15:45 Q&A session
15:45–16:15 Coffee Break
Convener: Dr. Wolfgang Staguhn, Daimler AG
16:15–16:45 Elegant, avant-garde, cool: The idea of “Japanese Art”
Dr. Elisabeth Scherer, University of Düsseldorf, Institute for modern Japan
Abstract Scherer (135 KB)
16:45–17:00 Q&A session
17:00-17:15 Art forms and aesthetics in the sciences - self-organized structures
Prof. Dr. Stefan C. Müller, Universität Magdeburg
17:15-17:35 1st part: The music of the shakuhachi: Impressions from the past and present
Dr. Jim Franklin, master performer of the shakuhachi, based in Mainz
17:35-18:05 JSPS Alumni Club Award Ceremony
Prof. Dr. Carmen Schmidt, Osnabrück University
Dr. Seigo Shima, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
18:05-18:25 2nd part: The music of the shakuhachi with Dr. Jim Franklin
19:30 Dinner
Saturday, April 27
Convener: Aki Beisler, Kommunikationsdesignerin
09:00–09:30 Media Art and Beyond : toward <Environmental Unconsciousness>
Yukiko Shikata, Independent Curator & Critic based in Tokyo
Abstract Shikata (91,8 KB)
09:30–10:00 Disciplinary interfaces in Art
Michael Saup, media artist, HfG Karlsruhe
Abstract Saup (23 KB)
Vortrag Saup (2,26 MB)
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10:00–10:30 Q&A session
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
Convener: Dr. Wolfgang Staguhn, Daimler AG
11:00–11:30 Tradition and Progress in Ceramics – from art to modern material science
Prof. Fumio Shimada, Tokyo University of Arts
Abstract Shimada (92 KB)
Vortrag Shimada (7,6 MB)
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11:30–12:00 Arts and the Latest Scientific Findings in the Neurosciences and Psychology
Prof. Dr. Naoyuki Osaka, Kyoto Univ., Experimental Psychology at Dept. of Psychology
Abstract Osaka (32 KB)
12:00–12:30 Q&A session
12:30 Closing Remarks
12:45–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 General Assembly of JSPS-Club
14:00 Guided tour 1: Museum of East Asian Art
16:00 Guided tour 2: Museum of East Asian Art
(only for participants of the General Assembly JSPS-Club)